My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in between.
My finger picking is sort of a cross between Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, and total incompetence.
I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.
My father, Charles Seeger, got me into the Communist movement. He backed out around '38. I drifted out in the 50's.